In the beginning, the universe was a black egg where
heaven and earth were mixed together, and in this egg was contained Pangu. He
felt suffocated, so he cracked the egg with a broadax, and the light, clear part
of the egg floated up to form Heaven while the cold, heavy part stayed down and
formed Earth. Pangu stood in the middle, and he and the egg's two parts grew and
grew until he was nine million li in height.

When Pangu died, his breath became the wind and clouds,
his voice the rolling thunder, and his eyes the sun and the moon. His hair and
beard became the stars in the sky, the flowers and trees from his skin, the
marrow in his bones became jade and pearls, and his sweat the good rain that
nurtured the Earth. There are several versions of the Pangu legend, but one that
is common in southern China is that of King Fang and King Gao Xin. Pangu was
King Gao Xin's dog, and King Gao Xin had a great enmity with King Fang. He
proclaimed, "Anyone who can bring me King Fang's head will have my daughter's
hand in marriage," but no one would try because of King Fang's fearsome army.

One day Pangu slipped away and went to King Fang's
court. King Fang was happy to see that he had deserted King Gao Xin, and
welcomed him with a banquet. However, that night, Pangu sneaked into the king's
chambers and bit off his head, returning back to King Gao Xin with it.
King Gao Xin was overjoyed to see that Pangu had brought King Fang's head, but
did not think to marry his daughter to a dog. Pangu would not eat for three
days, and the king asked, "Why do you not eat? Are you angry that I would not
marry my daughter to you?" Pangu said, "No, just cover me with your golden bell
for seven days and I'll turn into a man." The king did so, but the princess
peeked under on the sixth day. She found that Pangu already had man's body but
retained a dog's head. However, once the bell had been raised the magic change
stopped, and he remained a man with a dog's head. The princess married him and
the settled in southern China, where they had four children, who became the
ancestors of mankind.

Historians have conjectured that the Chinese mythology began in the 12th century
BC. The myths and legends were passed down in oral form for over a thousand
years, before being written in books such as Shan Hai Jing. Other myths
continued to be passed down through oral traditions like theater and song,
before being recorded as novels such as Hei'an Zhuan - Epic of Darkness
(literally Epic of the Darkness). This collection of epic legends is preserved
by a community of Chinese Han nationality, inhabitants of the Shennongjia
mountain area in Hubei, and contains accounts from the birth of Pangu up to the
historical era. Imperial historical documents and philosophical canons such as
Shangshu, Shiji, Liji, Lüshi Chunqiu, and others, all contain Chinese myths.

The Jade Emperor is charged with running of the three
realms: heaven, hell and that of the living. The Jade Emperor adjudicates and
metes out rewards and remedies to actions of saints, the living and the deceased
according to a merit system loosely called the Jade Principles Golden Script.
When judgments proposed were objected to, usually by other saints, the
administration would occasionally resort to the counsels of the advisory elders.
The Chinese dragon is one of the most important mythical creatures in Chinese
mythology. The Chinese dragon is considered to be the most powerful and divine
creature and is believed to be the controller of all waters. The dragon
symbolised great power and was very supportive of heroes and gods. One of the
most famous dragons in Chinese mythology is Yinglong "Responding Dragon", said
to be the god of rain. Many people in different places pray to Yinglong in order
to receive rain. In Chinese mythology, dragons are believed to be able to create
clouds with their breath. Chinese people sometimes use the term "Descendants of
the Dragon" as a sign of their ethnic identity.
For the most part, Chinese myths involve moral issues which inform people of
their culture and values.

There has been extensive interaction between Chinese
mythology and the major belief systems of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. On
the one hand, elements of pre-Han dynasty mythologies such as those in Shan Hai
Jing were adapted into these belief systems as they developed (in the case of
Taoism), or were assimilated into Chinese culture (in the case of Buddhism). On
the other hand, elements from the teachings and beliefs of these systems became
incorporated into Chinese mythology. For example, the Taoist belief of a
spiritual paradise became incorporated into mythology, as the place where
immortals and deities dwell.

The Chinese had a god for everything and as a result
well over a thousand different ones. Presented here are a small selection of
game related ones.. a very small selection..

Some Chinese Gods;

Aizen-Myoo - A
deity, who despite his terrible appearance, is full of compassion for mankind.
He is pictured with six arms, three eyes, a lion's head with bristling mane, and
atop his head a thunder-bolt (Vajra), with which he calms evil passions and
forbidden desires.

Au-Co - Vietnamese
creator of humanity.

Ba - Goddess of
drought.

Caishen - God of
wealth.

Chang Fei - God of
butchers.

Chang Hsien - God of
dreams and god of pregnancy.

Ch'ang-O
- Originally a woman who lived on earth and became a goddess when she drank all
the water of immortality that was given to her husband by the gods as an award,
thereby cheating him of that honor. She became goddess of the moon.

Chang Pan - God of
masons.

Ch'ang Tsai - God of
the spleen.

Chao san-Niang -
Goddess of wig salesmen.

Chao T'eng-k'ang -
God of the bowels.

Ch'eng Huang - God
responsible for the land, its moats, ditches, and walls, and the people.

Cheng San-Kung - God
of fishing.

Cheng Yuan-ho - God
of strolling singers.

Chen Kao - God of
the ears.

Chien-Ti - A Chinese
ancestral mother who accidentally swallowed a multi-colored swallow's egg and
gave birth thereafter to the ancestors of the Shang dynasty.

Chih Jih - God of
the day.

Chih Nii - Goddess
of spinning.

Chih Nu - She wove
the beautiful robes of all the other divinities. Goddess of weaving.

Ch'ih Sung-tzu -
Lord of the rain.

Ching Ling Tzu - God
of tea.

Ch'ing Lung - God of
the lungs.

Chin-hua
Niang-niang - God of drums and violins.

Chio Yuan-Tzu - God
of the brain.

Chi Po - God of the
winds.

Chou Wang - God of
sodomy.

Chuang-Mu - Goddess
of the bedroom.

Chu-jung - God of
fire and celestial executioner.

Chung-kuei -
Protector of those who travel. God of examinations.

Chung-li Ch'üan -
One of the Eight Immortals of Taoism.

Ch'ung Ling-yu - God
of the nose.

Chung Liu - God of
eaves.

Chu Niao - God of
the heart.

Chun T'i - Goddess
of the dawn.

Chu Ying - God of
the eyes.

Di Jun - God of the
eastern sky.

Fan K'uei - A god of
butchers.

Fei Lien - A god of
the wind.

Fengbo - Another god
of the wind.

Feng Pho-Pho -
Goddess of the winds of China, Feng Pho-Pho was pictured as riding a tiger for
her steed and with clouds for her roadway. She was depicted as an old, wrinkled
woman. On calm days, it was thought she rounded up the winds and stuffed them
into the bag she carried on her shoulder.

Fu-Hsi - The god of
vegetation and the inventor of writing.

Fu Hsing - He was
one of the three divinities known as Fu-Shou-Lu. He was considered a spirit of
happiness.

Fu-Pao - The Yellow
Emperor of China was another hero with an unusual conception. His mother, Fu-Pao,
sat outdoors one night watching an unearthly light play across the sky, and she
became inpregnated. Her child Huang-Ti, the Yellow Emperor, gestated for two
years (another common phenomenon among heroes) before his birth.

Gaomei - Originally
an ancient Chinese goddess whose name, means "first mother". She was later
changed into a male divinity.

Guan Di - A god of
war.

Hao Ch'iu - A god of
the heart.

Hariti - She had
been a cannibal devourer of children until converted by Buddha, at which time
she became the protectress of children.

Heng-o - Goddess of
the moon. Consort of Yi the Archer.

Ho Po (Ping-I) - God
of the Yellow River. Foremost among the river gods.

Hou Chi - Lord of
abundant harvests. He was miraculously conceived when his childless mother
stepped on the footprint of a god.

Hou T'u - A god of
the earth.

Hsiao Wu - God of
prisons.

Hsieh T'ien-chun -
God personification of the planet Saturn.

Hsien Nung - A god
of agriculture.

Hsi Ling-su - God of
silk.

Hsi-shen - God of
joy.

Hsi Shih - Goddess
of face cream.

Hsi Wang Mu - Mother
goddess of the Western Paradise.

Hsuan Wen-hua - The
god of hair.

Hsu Ch'ang - God of
archery.

Huang Ti - God of
architecture.

Huang T'ing - God of
the spleen.

Huo Pu - A god of
fire.

Hu-Shen - God of
hail.

Jen An - God of
robbers.

Jizo Bosatsu - The
great protector of suffering humanity. He averts fires, facilitates childbirth,
and is especially honored as a protector of children.

Keng Yen-cheng -
Another god of robbers and thieves.

King Wan - A god of
luck.

Ko Hsien-Weng - God
of jugglers.

Kongo-Myoo -
Depicted as surrounded by fire; has three heads and six arms. His front face has
five eyes.

Kujaku-Myoo - He is
always shown seated on a peacock. He gives protection against drought.

Kuo Tzu-i - Another
god of happiness.

Lai Cho - A god of
agriculture.

Lao Lang - God of
actors.

Lei Kung - God of
thunder.

Lei Tsu - God of
innkeepers.

Li Lao-chun - God of
leatherworkers.

Li Tien - God of
firecrackers.

Liu Meng - God of
agriculture.

Liu Pei - God
of basket-makers.

Lo Shen - Goddess of
rivers.

Lo-Tsu Ta-Hsien -
God of barbers and beggars.

Lo Yu - God of tea.

Lu Hsing - Another
of the three gods who were known as Fu-Shou-Lu. God of justice.

Lung Yen - God of
the liver.

Lu-pan - God of
carpenters.

Ma-Ku - Goddess of
springtime.

Mang Chin-i -
Goddess of the womb.

Mang Shen) - God of
agriculture.

Mao Meng - God of
the planets Jupiter and Mercury.

Men Shen - The two
guardians of doorways, who protect against evil spirits and hostile influences.

Miao Hu - A god of
agriculture.

Mi-lo Fo - The
coming Buddha.

Ming Shang - God of
the eyes.

Mulhalmoni - Goddess
of water.

Nan-chi Hsien-weng
-
God of longevity.

Ni-O - The protector
of the Buddhist faith.

Niu Wang - God of
oxen.

Nu-kua - Goddess
inventor of marriage. In some myths the one who created mankind.

Nu Wa - Goddess of
those who arrange marriages.

Pa - Goddess of
drought.

Pa Cha - Goddess of
grasshoppers.

Pai Chung - Another
god of agriculture.

Pai Liu-Fang - God
of the throat.

Pai Yu - God of
guitars.

P'an-Chin-Lien
- Goddess of brothels, prostitution, and sex.

P'an Niang - Goddess
of vaccination.

Pao Yuan-ch'uan -
God of the spleen.

Phan Ku - The
creator who formed the mountains, valleys, rivers and oceans. When he died, his
skull became the sky, his breath the wind, his voice thunder, his legs and arms
the four directions, his flesh the soil, and his blood the rivers. Then the
fleas in his hair became the people.

P'i Chia-Ma - God of
the ribs.

Pien Ho - God of
jewellers.

Po Yan Dari
- (Cambodia) Goddess of disease.

Quan Yin (Kuan
Yin) - Quan Yin is a mother/protectress type Goddess. She died in life but was
made a Goddess, and because she saw a lot of pain while she was living, she
swore to protect all humans, and would not rest until the suffering of man-kind
ended.

San Kuan
- Collective name for the Three Officials, who were T'ien Kuan (official of
heaven), Ti Kuan (official of earth) and Shui Kuan (official of water).

Sao-ch'ing Niang -
Goddess of good weather.

Sarudahiko - The god
of the crossroads and the embodiment of male sexuality. He is shown with a large
nose, which is of phallic significance.

Sengdroma - (Tibet)
A lion-faced goddess called upon as a protector of herds.

Sgeg-mo-ma - (Tibet)
Goddess of beauty, often depicted as holding a mirror.

Shang Chien - God of
the neck.

Shang - Ti
Originally the supreme god. He was later known as T'ien (Sky).

She chi - Another
god of agriculture, especially of grain and the land.

Sheng Mu - Goddess
of black magic.

Shen Hsui-Chih - God
of medicine.

Shen Nung - Another
agriculture god.

Shih Liang - God of
the tongue.

Shiu Fang - God of
embankments.

Shou-lao - God who
determines man's longevity.

Shun I Fu-jen -
Goddess of famine and floods.

Sien-Tsang - Goddess
of silk cultivation.

Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju -
God of wine sellers.

Sung-Chiang - God of
thieves.

Sun Pin - God of
shoemakers.

Sun Ssu-miao - God
of druggists.

Tan Chu - God of the
teeth.

T'ang Ming Huang
- God of the theater.

Tankun - (Korea) The
sun god and founder of Korea.

Tao Kung - God of
the diaphragm.

Tengri - (Mongolia)
God of the sky.

Tho-og - (Tibet)
Mother goddess, first of the gods to exist.

T'ien Fei - Goddess
of sailing.

Tien Hou - Ocean
goddess who rode across the sky on clouds and, with her wind servants, looked
for sailors in danger. She then hastened to their rescue.

Tien Mu - Goddess of
lightning.

Ti-tsang - Deity who
protects mankind; is able to rescue souls from hell and bring them to paradise.

Tsai Shen - God of
wealth.

Ts'ang Chien - God
of writing.

Ts'an Nu - Goddess
of silkworms.

Tsao Chun - The
kitchen god. The most important god of the family and home.

Tsao-Wang - God of
the hearth.

T'shai-Shen - A god
of wealth.

Tung Chun - God of
the day.

T'ung Chung-chung
-
God of the skin.

T'ung Lai-yu - God
of the stomach.

Tung Lu - God of
snow.

T'ung Ming - God of
the tongue.

Tzu-ku Shen - God of
toilets.

Ui Tango - One of
three creator goddesses. The other two are Nguntre and Ninguerre.

Wa - A divine woman
who, in ancient times, "produced the ten thousand beings through metamorphosis."
It is difficult to tell from the writings about her exactly how this creator
goddess populated the world.

Wang-Mu-Niang-Niang
-
Goddess of female energy.

Wang Ta-hsien - God
of white ants.

Weiwobo - Another
goddess of female energy.

Wen-ch'ang - God of
literature.

Wu-tai Yuan-shuai
-
God of musicians.

Xi Hou - Goddess who
gave birth to ten suns. Each morning she bathes the ten suns, and then places
the one which is to light that day into a chariot drawn by dragons for the day's
journey.

Xi Wangmu -
Personification of the female principle (yin), who with Mu Kung (yang), created
heaven and earth, and all living beings.

Xiu Wenyin - Goddess
of lightning and thunder.

Yanwang - A god of
death.

Yaoji - This
goddess was said to have been worshiped in the form of a sacred rock at the
summit of a hill called the Mount of the Sorceress. According to an old legend,
a king encountered her on that hill in a dream in which she revealed not only
her name but the location of a plant to be used in love magic.

Yen-lo - Ruler of
the underworld.

Yen-Lo-Wang - God of
the earth.

Yi - Husband of
Chang-o. He saved the earth from destruction when all ten of its suns appeared
in the sky at the same time. Yi, an expert archer with a magic bow, shot down
nine of the suns.

Yu - The engineer
hero who measured the world from east to west and from north to south in order
to lay it out. Yu, the son of K'un, the emperor of China, was a thin, reedy man
who was ill and crippled causing him to hop about on one foot. He dug out the
mountains and allowed waters to flow from a catastrophic flood. He worked at it
for 13 years without returning home. When he became a god, Yu travelled the
world in order to plan it. He stabilized five sacred mountains at the four
cardinal points and at the center of the earth. Yu's wife was the daughter of
T'u-chan the mountain of the earth. Yu was the first emperor of the Hsia
Dynasty.

Yu Ch'iang - God of
the ocean winds. He appears as a giant sea bird or a whale, or any other sea
creature, but he always has the face, hands, and feet of a human male.

Yu Huang - Emperor
of the gods. God of purity. God of nature. The Jade God.